Keywords: wood ash

Ash fertilization in old drained swedish peatland forests

SUMMARY Most earlier Swedish and Finnish experiences of the effects of wood ash on soil productivity on peatlands, are...

Recycling wood ash: increasing forest productivity on peatlands in a responsible way

Increasing use of wood fuels is increasing ash production. Instead of dumping ash into landfills its nutrients could be...

Ash-fertilisation – a successful way to accelerate establishment and growth of birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.) stands on cut-away peatlands

We studied the effect of fertilisation on the establishment of vegetation including birch seedlings on a cut-away peatland. Six...

The Effect of Wood Ash on Soil CO2 Emission and Carbon Stock of Tree Stand on a Drained Peatland – Case Study

Theme X. Peatland carbon budgets and greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes SUMMARY Forested peatlands contain large pools of terrestrial carbon....

Wood ash application reduced global warming potential over the five years after application in two drained peatland forests in Sweden

Theme VII. Ecology and management on forested peatlands Abstract Self-hardened crushed wood ash (3.3 or 6.6 tonnes dry weight...

Biomass Production of 10 Years Old Downy Birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.) Stand in an Ash-Fertilized Cut-Away Peatland

Theme VII. Ecology and management on forested peatlands SUMMARY We studied the effects of fertilization on the biomass production...

Long-Term Effect of Ash Fertilisation and Weed Control in Afforestation of Organic Agricultural Soil

Theme VII. Ecology and management on forested peatlands SUMMARY Tree seedlings compete with weeds for light, water and nutrients...